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Sunday, January 03, 2010

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After the Maine loss on Saturday, I hoped the hockey team would lift spirits around the Heights. No such luck as they lost to Denver Saturday night. I was watching but fell asleep with BC leading 2-0. It is probably better that I missed the game get away from them.

13 comments:

I know it's all a crap shoot and coaches spin all their kids to sound like the best but I love this recruiting shtuff.

Few thoughts:

Rettig - 7/15 66 yds. Geez didn't we see better numbers from Shinskie? Haha j/k. We really won't know what we have in this kid til he joins the team.

Barker - For a smart kid picking Harvard seems dumb. I respect the achievement and the rare emphasis on academics from a recruit but if you're a stud TE from Mass that wants a great education plus a chance to play close to home isn't BC kinda the obvious choice?

Loughery - This kid should get in on legacy alone. Same goes for Herzlich and Silva's brothers who are in the current recruiting class but haven't been picked up by anyone yet.

Sivels - Sounds like a BC kinda guy.

Oh and looks like Joe Haden is leaving UF early for the NFL. Starting to notice a trend with that family.

guys are usually closest to their position coach, so if strong was also the db coach, maybe.

but really, claver2010 is right. what affected his decision was the fact that he's the first cb to come off the board. can't improve his stock. all the other stuff is just smoke. charlie strong or no charlie strong. largely irrelevant.

Caught the BC-DU hockey game in person, but wouldn't read too much into the result. We looked very solid early, almost tripling up on scoring opportunities with a swarming and speedy attack. I think the altitude pretty much gassed us by mid 2nd (I can vouch for those effects moving from sea level to Denver, working out is tough for the first month!).

Muse's effort was bipolar - a couple of UNREAL saves followed by a soft goal and losing the puck behind him in the crease a few times.

Good showing by a handful of BC fans, we were definitely louder than the rest of the arena until the end of the game.

7/15 66 yards doesnt sound to good. However, I watched the game entirely and Chase Rettig performed the best out of all the qb's. This is tough to judge considering the all star atmopshere and lack of preparation time the players had for the game. Each player was rusty and route running and special teams were atrocious. Despite these factors Rettig seemed to have good confidence and mechanics. I was impressed by his performance and would have to agree with the announcers when they said BC found a diamond in the rough.